Car wheel and axle.



B. L. METEEN.

GAR WHEEL ED AELE. APPLIOATIQH um Jimi 4, 1907.

Patnte Ja.11.l1,1910.

A TTC/TNEYS.

To all whom it may concern:

mirra sav aim oriana.

BURT L. YGRTHEN, OF TUCSON, ARIZONA-TERRITORY, ASSGNOH, OF GNR-HALF T 'i THOMAS DONOHOE, OF AVELLA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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specimen@ of Letters raten. Patented Jan. at, i919.

Application :tiled June 4, 1907. Serial No. 37?;l73.

Be it known that Bmi'r L. WoRrrrEN,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Tucson,

in the county of Pima and Territory of Arizona, have invented a new 'and Improved Car Wheel and Axle, of which the following is a i'jull, clear, and exact de- My invention relates t0 car Wheels and axles, more particularly for use upon rail- Way cars, andollering certain construct-tonal advantages as hereinafter'` described and' pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ot this speciication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both lthe figures.

Figure l is a front elevation partly in section, showing my invention as applied to a railway car; and Fig-f2 is a section upon the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, lookingr in the direction oi' the arrow and showing the arrangement ot' the bearing box, the axle and the dope box ard its contents.

Angle irons 3 are surmounted by a coni necting cross-beam 4 and rest upon a plate 5,

the cross-beam and plate being connected firmly together by the aid of bolts 6. A trougli-like member 7 depends from the plate 5 4and to facilitate this the plate 5 isprovided with depending flanges 8. The axle is shown at 9.. The trough-like member' is provided with perforated ears 10, which project into're'c'esses 5L in 'the plate 5, as' will be understood from Fig. 1. Bolts 11 pass through the ears 10 of the trough-like member and the lianges 810i the plate 5, andI theseloolts are provided with revoluble nuts 12 and With heads 13. Resting upon the axle 9 are two bearings 14, one of which isshown vin Figs. 1 and 2.

. The trough-like member T is provided with pockets 15, constituting dope heres and i filled withcotton-Waste 16, or saturv ed with axle grease-or other appropriate lubricant,

The troughdikc member 7 annular heads 17, provided internally witl1 terminates in an annular recess 18 and further provided With a contracted throat'l). Service 'wheels are .shown at 20, each being provided with a hub 21, the latter being loose upon tlw axle 9 and revolublc independently tlm-vof. i

Rachi-hub 21 is rovided 'with au annular enlargement Q2 tting Within the annular and wheels and axle is rendered true.

recess 18. This prevents undue lmovement of the Wheels and axle in the general direction represented by the rlength of the axle.

Each hub 21 is provided with anannular recess 23 closed by an oil plug 2e. Owing to the fact that theflange 22 has but limited play'within the recess 18, the motion of the The oilnecessary for lubrication is poured intothe annular recess 23 Awhich is than closed by screwing' in the plug 24, and-saturates the Waste-16. a

As the axle 9 is loose relatively to the bearing 14 and the Wheel hub 21 is loose .relatively to the axle,ithe wear isdistributed yto better advantage and the friction is re' duced to a minimum. The annular enlargement Q2, by fitting neatly into the annular recess 18 retains the wheels to gage at all times. It, in consequence of breakage, any part should become detached from its`normal position, no considerable damage is likely to. ensue. its normal position eren if the axle'9 should break in thev middle or adjacent to the bearing. The bearing is .dirt-proof and the entire design is of comparatively simple construction.

I do not limit myself to theexact arrangement ot parts shown for the reason that changes may be made therein Without departing from the spirit o'liny invention.

'Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent.:

1. The combination of a wheelhaving a side extension, a securing member fastened to the car and formed in sections for connecting withand disconnecting from the wheel extension, the wheel extension 'and securing member having interlocking parts' which operate toy confine the Wheel Without interfering with its rotation.

flanged extension, and a securing memberY fastened to the carliaving an internal depression for embracing and holding the flanged wheel extension, the securing' inember being t'ormcd iu separable parts whereby it may be engaged willi and disengaged from the wheel extension.

8. rllwv combination of a wheel having an annular liubdike extension on its rear lace, said extension having :in encircling llunge, :i two-part. Securing member laslened to A `Wheel 2O cannot leave largement 'at one end formedwith a semicircular-'caviiy to embrace the flanged exrtensiuii .ofthe wheel, whereby' when the parte are united the wheel extension isinclosed' and the wheel held in' place.

A 4. The cqmbnation of a wheel having a' .hubdilie extension, said extension having an encircling -ange, a securing member fas- .lienecll to the ear body `and madev invparts, each of said parts having an enlargement at one endformed With a vcavity teembrace said flange, an axle extending into said. Wheelv9 and a bearing supporting saidhsecur- 15' member and resting upon said axle.

l, 5. Thelcoimbination of a securing-member, a bearing for u pgr'tipgthesame, an axle,

' revoluble in Pelatln fo vsaid bearing,.a Wheel mounted upon saidaile and loose relatively to the same, and`means .for holdingsaid` Wheel in predetermined 'Workingirelation to said sec'uring member'.

In/testimo'ny whereof v.I "have signed 'my name to this specification inthe two subseribing Witnesses. l l l BURT. L. WORTHEN.

Witnessee:

';CHAs. F. BLACK;v

D. C. GizIFFIN.

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